- DNA is taken from blood, tissue, hair, or semen
- Genotype bulls at ~50,000 sites of the 3 billion total base pair sites
- Associate the ~40,000 informative sites with high reliability bull proofs
- Use these historic Genomic effects to enhance predictions for bulls with less reliable information
- Traits with Genomic information available
- 5 yield traits - milk, fat, protein, % protein, %fat
- 7 health traits - PL, SCS, DPR, SCE, DCE, SSB, DSB
- 16 conformation traits (PTAT and 15 linear type traits)
- Genomic Evaluations are not the equivalent of a bulls proof
- Genomic information added to Parent Average gives a Genomic Evaluation equivalent to approximately 10 daughters
- Proven bulls
- There is no Genomic information in any available proven bull proof in the UK (all companies)
- Young bulls
- There are some young bulls available with a genomic evaluation. Production is converted into UK figures with Type taken from country of origin
- Identified by 'GPTA' in front of the trait e.g. GPTA Milk
- Using Genomics to determine which bulls enter the Cornerstone programme
- Using Genomics to identify the best potential graduates
- Using Genomics to add reliability to already Rock Solid Proofs
- Remember Actual Progeny information remains as the GOLD standard by which Genetic Progress is made!
- We also have an extensive range of elite genomic bulls to suit every farmers needs.
Genomics
Introduction to Genomics
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